I can see the buckle now. Looks good either way!
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Thanks! I wish I hadn’t taken so long to get around to it, but life with kids and trying to maintain some semblance of a golf game is tough haha
As much as I am interested, an 8am tee time on a course that’s more than a 2-hour drive is a no from me. Sleep is far too valuable right now.
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Booked for Highland Links in a couple of weeks. Stay and play for a room and two rounds with cart for $199?
I mean, how can I not?
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Have 18 at Eaglepoint in Kamloops and 36 at Tobiano on Thursday.
Anyone play Tobiano before? - A lot of tee selection - thinking of playing 7100 just don’t want to get beat up to bad.
A lot of elevation changes, some forced carries, and potentially a lot of wind - it plays longer than the yardage.
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Agreed. I would add there’s more than a few blind shots as well. I’d suggest looking at the par 3 distances to pick your tee box. I think every par 3 but one is all carry with a small bailout area dependent on which side the cart path is on.
Anyone been following the Top 100 courses in Canada countdown through GolfTown?
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Yeah, a little bit. Been quite a few courses that dropped a bit. Think the biggest move so far has to be Algonquin moving from unranked in 2018 to the coveted 69 spot this year
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Fucking right. My home course - I’m just 4,200 km away.
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Yup! A goal of mine is to play a top 100 course in Canada this year!
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Yeah, there are definitely some great courses that have really dropped. And other courses that appear to be high. Don’t get me wrong, TPC Toronto’s North Course is a nice track. But is it really the 53rd nicest course in the country?
I will say they got it right having Glen Abbey in the mid 70s. I’m so tired of people getting hard ons for it and I think most are finally starting to realize it’s an ok course at best.
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I try to play at least one each year! Usually winds up being Cobble Beach over and over again, but I’m hoping I can start consistently hitting up Cobble + at least one other from here on out.
Where are you hoping to get out to?
Well it’s going to probably have to be a public course likely in BC. Thinking Big Sky or something in Whistler area
I used to work at #67 Deer Ridge when in university, so I’ve played that course plenty. Definitely agree about how overrated the Abbey is.
@Sarah I think they just ranked Nicklaus North and Fairmont Whistler. I’ve played Fairmont on the simulator a few times, I can not imagine those elevation changes in real life.
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Yeah. I’m always surprised Lora Bay doesn’t make the list. I haven’t played a lot on the list but Lora is definitely better than Copper Creek. Also might be the last year Magna makes the list
Glen Abby is kind of boring but has a stretch of very good holes.
I’ve played 18 of the top 100 for the 2018 list. Looking forward to the rest of the 2020 edition although the staged release is a little annoying.
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Why do you feel Magna is overrated or soon to be dropped?
Didn’t Magna sell the course to a developer recently? 
Hadn’t heard that but yorkregion.com is never wrong.